Folding basket



(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1:. E. KILBORN. FOLDING BASKET.

No. 328,389. Patented July 28, 1885.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

E. KILBORN. FOLDING BASKET.

No. 323,339. Patented July 28, 1885v IJVVEWTOR Uivirnn Sra'rns Parana@rrrcs.

EUGESIA KlLBUR-N, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

Foroaue BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 323,339, dated July 28,1885.

Application filed November 25, 1884.

To crZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that .I, EUGENIA KILBORN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, re-

siding at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn,

in the State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFolding Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

My in vent-ion relates to improvements in folding baskets and the objectis to construct a device of the kind named which may be folded withinthe least possible space when not in use, and which, when arranged forthe purposes of a receptacle, shall be strong in its connection andconvenient for the purposes intended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partcf this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved folding basket. Fi 2 is aperspective view showing the basket arranged for the purposes of servingas a shelf or table, and Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the arrangementof the parts in relation to each other.

In the drawings I have demonstrated the device as constructed of wire,the sections having an outside wire, with cross-wires extended from theside lines of the section, and secured in position by soldcrin g.

1t is designed that the basket shall be made in two principal sections,adapted to be folded against each other.

The letters A A represent the respective sections of the bottom of thebasket. The innermost line of wire of one of these bottom sections isprovided with a sleeve, a, and the other section on its innermost lineof wire has secured to or formed thereon sleeves b b, wherein is fitteda sliding bolt, 0 for the purpose of securing these sections togetherwhen in an extended or horizontal position.

The letters 16 B represent the back sections of the basket hinged to thebottom sections, as shown at a, and together at the center or meetingline of wires, as shown at a so that they may be turned down on therespective bottom. sections, and also backward together.

For the purpose of affording means whereby the basket may be sustainedin a suspended position, 1 provide the back sections with the rods 0 0,arranged preferably near the outer end of each section. These rods aresecured to the sections by means of perforated ears (N0 model.)

or wire staples fixed to the wires of the SKO- tions, and have theirextended ends bent over to form hooks, which may be placed over or restupon any object suitable to receive them. It is apparent that othermeans of suspension may be adopted in lieu of those described. The hookportions of these rods have drawn over them an elastic covering, or areprovided with some flexible covering, in order that in their contactwith the object from which the basket may be suspended that object shallnot be abraded or defaced.

The letters D 1) represent the end sections hinged to the outer ends orstrands of the back sections, and adapted to fold back against thesections to which theyare attached.

For the purpose of giving additional strength to these end sections, aswell as for providing an anchor or bar to prevent the hook hereinafterdescribed, fixed to the front section, from slipping down upon thewires, or from its point of connection, I secure to the vertical wiresof the sections the cross bar or wire 0, and to the lower wire of thesection, near the front thereof, 1 afliX a small hook, (I d, for thepurpose of engaging with the end wire of the respective bottom pieces tosustain and connect these parts in proper position.

The letters E E represent the front sections of the basket hinged to thebottom sections, substantially as shown at u At the outer upper end ofeach front section I atliic knobs or studs 0 c, for the purpose ofpreventing the hooks ff, fixed to the upper wires of the front sections,from slipping down on the ends of these sections, and also for thepurpose of giving additional security to the end sections when placed inposition, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. To the upper portion ofthe front sections, where the line of wires meet, I secure the hook andstaple F, whereby these sections are detachably connected together whenit is desired to use the device either in its basket form or as a shelf.

In El 2 I have shown the device arranged for use as a shelf or temporarytable. This arrangement is attained by connecting the frontsections atthe meeting wires with the latch or fastening and dropping them to ahorizontal position and connecting the books with the end sections,substantially as shown.

end sections on the inner side.

To utilize the device as a basket or recepttcle, the sections may beplaced in their extended position, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,the bottom sections being united by thrusting the bolt into retainingposition, then bringing the back sections into a vertical position, thenswinging the end sections on a line with the end wires of the bottomsections and engaging the hooks intended to secure these parts together,then bringing up the front sections into vertical position, and securingthem by means of engagementof the hooks with the end sections.

To fold the device after the parts have been disengaged from connection,the front sec tions may be laid down upon their respective bottomsections, the back sections then folded inwardly, the end sections thenfolded back upon the back sections, and then the sections thus arrangedfolded together with the The device thus folded together may be incasedin a bag provided with a handle convenient for transportation.

In traveling, the device may be suspended from the back of a car-seat,and serves the purposes of a receptacle or any of the uses to which itmay be applied.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The bottom sections,A A, provided with means to detachably securetheir innermost or meeting lines in horizontal position, in combinationwith the back sections, B B, hinged having hooks to hold them inposition to the end sections, all substantially as described, and forthe purpose stated.

2. The bottom sections, A A, provided with means to detachably securetheirinnermost or meeting lines of wire together, in combination withthe back sections hinged together and to the bottom sections at theirmeeting lines or wire, and proyided with means to hold the basket in asuspended position, the end sections,D D, hinged to the back sections,and having the cross rod or wire 0 and bottom hooks, d d, and the frontsections, E E, formed with knobs or lugs c e, and hinged to the bottomsections, and provided with means to detachably connect them together atthe innermost lines of wire, and having hooks ff, to hold them invertical position to the end sections, all substantially as described,and for the purpose stated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting wit- Attest:

I. N. WHITTAM, JAMES J. CHILD.

